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Plant-specific VQ-domain proteins as interaction partners of WRKY transcription factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2014

Soon Il Kwon  and
D. J. Hwang
Soon Il Kwon
Affiliation:
National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Suwon 441-707, Republic of Korea Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology (AICT), Convergence Research Center for Functional Plant Products, Suwon 443-270, Republic of Korea
D. J. Hwang*
Affiliation:
National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration (RDA), Suwon 441-707, Republic of Korea
*
* Corresponding author. E-mail: djhwang@rda.go.kr
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Abstract

VQ-domain proteins are known to interact with WRKY transcription factors and have been reported to be involved in plant defence responses to environmental stresses in Arabidopsis. Thus, elucidation of the defence mechanisms during the interaction of VQ-domain proteins and WRKY transcription factors could provide useful insights into the regulation of VQ-domain protein-mediated WRKY transcription factors. As the focus of this review, we summarize the genomic analysis of the VQ-domain proteins as one of the WRKY-interacting proteins and their biological effects during plant stress conditions in Arabidopsis and rice.

Keywords

regulatorsVQ-domain proteinsW-box elementsWRKY transcription factors
Type
Research Article
Information
Plant Genetic Resources , Volume 12 , Issue S1: Special issue on the 3rd International Symposium on “Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources” , July 2014 , pp. S121 - S124
Copyright
Copyright © NIAB 2014 

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